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Appeals Court Curbs U.S. On Warrantless Wiretap; COURT CURBS U.S. ON WIRETAPPING

By LESLEY OELSNER Special to The New York Times ();

June 24, 1975,

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WASHINGTON, June 23 The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled today that even where foreign affairs and national security were involved, the executive branch must get a warrant before it could wiretap domestic organizations that were neither agents of nor collaborators with a foreign power.

June 24, 1975

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